Extraordinary Rendition and Relations with Europe

Witnesses testified about the policy of “extraordinary rendition” in the detention and interrogation of enemy combatants, as…
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Witnesses testified about the policy of “extraordinary rendition” in the detention and interrogation of enemy combatants, as well as the potential impact on relations with European countries. Among the topics they addressed were the findings of a European Parliament report on forcible abduction of suspects who were later secretly transferred to European facilities for interrogation, foreign public opinion of U.S. policy and prisoner treatment, questions about the legality of the rendition practices, charges of the torture of detainees, and U.S. treaty obligations on the proper treatment of prisoners. close

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*The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.